ON THE LINKS Saturday’s other pro golf events

CHAMPIONS TOUR

DES MOINES, IOWA

Brandt Jobe shot a six-under 66 to take a share of the lead following the second round of the PGA Tour Champions event in Iowa. Jobe and Glen Day will enter Sunday’s final round at 11-under 133. Jobe, who has never won on the senior tour, had a double-bogey on the par-3 ninth hole before rallying with six consecutive birdies. Day shot a 67 and made birdie on No. 18 to join Jobe atop the leaderboard. Kevin Sutherland, who shared the first round lead with Day and money leader Bernhard Langer, is at 9-under. Kevin Flesch, Tom Lehman and Michael Bradley are three strokes back of Jobe.

LPGA CLASSIC

CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO

Lexi Thompson shot a 67 for a 17-under 199 total and a one-stroke lead after the third round of the Manulife LPGA Classic. Fellow American Lindy Duncan was in second after a 67, followed by South Korea’s In Gee Chun (68) another shot back. Canada’s Alena Sharp (70), who was in a three-way for the lead with Thompson and South Korea’s Hyo Joo Kim, fell into a tie for fourth with world No. 2 Ariya Jutanugarn (65) of Thailand. First-round leader Suzann Petterson had a 68 and was in a three-way tie at 203. Canada’s Brittany Marchand, a Symetra Tour player who made the cut at an LPGA Tour event for the first time, was five shots off the lead after a 67.

Associated Press